G.K. Practice Test: Question Set - 08
1. Where were wigs first invented?
- (A) Japan
- (B) France
- (C) Egypt
- (D) China
2. Who invented the Ballpoint Pen?
- (A) Biro
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- (B) Waterman
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- (C) Bicc
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- (D) Write
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3. What Galileo Galilei invented?
- (A) Barometer
- (B) Pendulum
clock
- (C) Microscope
- (D) Thermometer
4. Who invented Gunpowder?
- (A) G.
Ferdinand Von Zeppelin
- (B) Sir
Frank Whittle
- (C) Roger Bacon
- (D) Leo
H Baekeland
5. This part-time race car driver invented the bucket seat in 1969. Who was he?
- (A) Steve
McQueen
- (B) Harrison
Frazier
- (C) Paul Newman
- (D) John Wayne
6. The Manhattan Project was started by President Roosevelt in 1942 to ensure that the U.S. beat the Germans in developing a nuclear bomb. Whom did Roosevelt appoint as scientific head the Manhattan Project?
- (A) Robert
Oppenheimer
- (B) James B.
Conant
- (C) Leslie R.
Groves
- (D) Vannevar
Bush
7. When was the first elevator built?
- (A) 1743
- (B) 1739
- (C) 1760
- (D) 1785
8. What George Westinghouse invented (Invented in 1868)?
- (A) Light bulb
- (B) Electric
razor
- (C) Refrigerator
- (D) Railway
air brakes
9. Where was the yo-yo invented?
- (A) France
- (B) United
States
- (C) Philippines
- (D) England
10. Who invented the first controllable flying AEROPLANE (AIRPLANE)?
- (A) Wright
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- (B) Lidenbergh
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- (C) South
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- (D) West
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